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Source Description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.657 has an illuminated headpiece and, in the lower panel, a titlepiece inscribed Laylá va Majnun.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83296
label
Incipit with Illuminated Headpiece and Titlepiece
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
83296
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Incipit with Illuminated Headpiece and Titlepiece
description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.657 has an illuminated headpiece and, in the lower panel, a titlepiece inscribed Laylá va Majnun.
provenance
Mundir [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression with motton on fol. 280b]; Khwand Mulla Mahdi Sahhaf-i Tabrizi, Tabriz, 1295 AH/AD 1878 [mode of acquisition unknown] [note regarding re-binding and restoration of this volume by the bookbinder on front flyleaf iia]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid (?))
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
28
height
19
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28 x 19 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic; Persian
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty (?)
med
ink and pigments on tinted laid paper: cream for text area and rose or light brown for margins
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7404
7689
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MSS
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MIS
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none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
83b462d8f5d8845e